# Man Gets Fake Porn Ransomware Demand, Confesses to Police **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640 "2013-07-27T00:08:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/1 "2013-07-27T00:08:27Z")
“A man from just outside of Washington, DC turned himself in to local police—with his computer in tow—after receiving a pop-up message from what he believed was an “FBI Warning” telling him to click to pay a fine online, or face an investigation… The accused voluntarily brought his computer to the station and, following a search, several inappropriate messages and photos of underage girls were recovered.” > **[Man gets ransomware porn pop-up, goes to cops, gets arrested on child porn...](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/07/man-gets-ransomware-porn-pop-up-turns-self-in-on-child-porn-charges/)** > > 21-year-old walked into police station with computer in hand, cops searched it. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/2 "2013-07-27T00:19:16Z")
Darwin was right! So was P.T. Barnum. Or P.T. Bridgeport – I forget which. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/3 "2013-07-27T02:37:09Z")
So. Good finally comes out of spyware, after all. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/4 "2013-07-27T03:13:28Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > So was P.T. Barnum. Or P.T. Bridgeport – I forget which. You’re thinking of Jaye P Morgan. Or J P Morgan. Or P J O’Rourke. Or maybe T.R. Sloane. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/5 "2013-07-27T03:26:36Z")
T.J. Hooker? StG ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/6 "2013-07-27T03:28:44Z")
D. W. Washburn? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/7 "2013-07-27T04:17:35Z")
D. B. Cooper? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/8 "2013-07-27T04:56:01Z")
B.D. Wong? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/9 "2013-07-27T06:35:14Z")
> [@NeonMadman](#): > > D. W. Washburn? Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/10 "2013-07-27T07:47:13Z")
H.R. Pufnstuf? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/11 "2013-07-27T10:39:16Z")
L.L. Bean? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/12 "2013-07-27T10:54:22Z")
B. J. Hunnicutt? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/13 "2013-07-27T11:01:52Z")
I’m pretty sure it was T. J. Maxx Or was it e. e. cummings ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/14 "2013-07-27T11:24:20Z")
Now that I think about it, it was Wee Tu Low. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/15 "2013-07-27T13:12:29Z")
Wasn’t it David Lo Pan? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/16 "2013-07-27T14:36:18Z")
E. E. Smith, for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/17 "2013-07-27T14:43:27Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > D. B. Cooper? Isn’t that the guy that really liked coffee? Wait, that was Agent Cooper, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Girlundone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Girlundone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlundone)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/18 "2013-07-27T15:31:18Z")
No. It was J.C. Penney. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/19 "2013-07-27T16:00:40Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > B. J. Hunnicutt? Who would name a child B.J.? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640/20 "2013-07-27T16:05:32Z")
J.R. Ewing was nasty enough to do that, but he liked “J.R.” too much. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-fake-porn-ransomware-demand-confesses-to-police/664640.md?page=2)